Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power. Bertrand Russell - Philosopher Pleasure, Power Vote Up +0 Vote Down -0You already voted! Share ShareTweetShare0 Shares
I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite. Bertrand Russell - Philosopher Discovery, Happiness, Possibility, Talk, Time Vote Up +0 Vote Down -0You already voted! Share ShareTweetShare0 Shares
Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery. Bertrand Russell - Philosopher Extreme, Misery Vote Up +0 Vote Down -0You already voted! Share ShareTweetShare0 Shares
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. Bertrand Russell - Philosopher Beginning, Cruelty, Fear, Superstition, Wisdom Vote Up +0 Vote Down -0You already voted! Share ShareTweetShare0 Shares
Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that are subject to the mutations of time. Bertrand Russell - Philosopher Freedom, Life, Time, Yield Vote Up +0 Vote Down -0You already voted! Share ShareTweetShare0 Shares
Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires. Bertrand Russell - Philosopher Absence, Freedom, May, Obstacles Vote Up +0 Vote Down -0You already voted! Share ShareTweetShare0 Shares
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. Bertrand Russell - Philosopher Freedom, Government, Opinion Vote Up +0 Vote Down -0You already voted! Share ShareTweetShare0 Shares
I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex. Bertrand Russell - Philosopher Food, Honesty, Living, People, Sex, Time, Words Vote Up +0 Vote Down -0You already voted! Share ShareTweetShare0 Shares
I do not pretend to start with precise questions. I do not think you can start with anything precise. You have to achieve such precision as you can, as you go along. Bertrand Russell - Philosopher Questions Vote Up +0 Vote Down -0You already voted! Share ShareTweetShare0 Shares
I like mathematics because it is not human and has nothing particular to do with this planet or with the whole accidental universe - because, like Spinoza's God, it won't love us in return. Bertrand Russell - Philosopher God, Love, Mathematics, Nothing, Universe Vote Up +0 Vote Down -0You already voted! Share ShareTweetShare0 Shares